Thomas Ridley Foodservice Ltd

Large enterpriseFood & beveragesUK · SloughCompany No. 00148692

Thomas Ridley Foodservice Ltd is a UK limited company, based in Slough, incorporated in 1917. Has won 13 UK public-sector contracts worth £45.1m across 7 buyers, primarily Norse Commercial Services Limited and food & beverages work.

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Active contracts

no new awards in 30d

Contracted (12m)

£120k

▼ 99% vs prior 12m

Public buyers

stable this month

Top buyer share

52%

Norse Commercial Services Limited

Buyer concentration

Each block sized by share of total award value. A dominant block signals dependency on one buyer.

Severe concentration. Top buyer alone = 52% of revenue.

Norse Commercial Services Limited

£23.3m

52%

Espo

£17.0m

38%

YPO

£4.4m

10%

Colchester Institute

£208k

THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD

£120k

Other (2 buyers)

£63k

Contracts won · 13 total · 8 active · 5 expired

Every contract award published under the Procurement Act.

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Title	Buyer	Award type	Value	Awarded	Status
Multi-Temperature Food 2025	Norse Commercial Services Limited	Direct contract	£23.3m	18 Dec 2024	active
83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods	Espo	Framework call off	£10.0m ceiling · ~£625k share (÷16)	20 Jul 2021	expired
83_17 Food - Grocery, Frozen and Multi-temperature	Espo	Shared contract	£7.0m lot total · 10 suppliers	30 Jun 2017	expired
YPO - 000704 YPO UK Food Deal	YPO	Shared contract	£4.4m lot total · 45 suppliers	14 Jun 2016	expired
Supply of fresh and dry food products for Colchester Institute	Colchester Institute	Shared contract	£208k lot total · 2 suppliers	11 Mar 2016	expired
Ambient, chilled, frozen foods and fresh fruit, vegetables and salad	THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD	Direct contract	£120k	25 Oct 2025	active
Tender for the Supply & Dist. of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Products to Wymondham College	Wymondham College c/o Pelican Procurement Services	Shared contract	£63k lot total · 2 suppliers	29 Jan 2018	expired
Frozen Foods and Groceries Framework	LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING	Direct contract	—	—	active
Multi-Temperature Food 2025	Norse Commercial Services Limited	Direct contract	—	—	active
Multi-Temperature Food 2022	Norse Commercial Services Limited	Shared contract	— lot total · 3 suppliers	—	active
Fresh & Frozen Meat and Poultry Framework	LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING	Direct contract	—	—	active
83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods	Espo	Shared contract	— lot total · 13 suppliers	—	active
83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods	Espo	Shared contract	— lot total · 14 suppliers	—	active

Thomas Ridley Foodservice Ltd

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Contracts won · 13 total · 8 active · 5 expired

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